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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona faces a call to resign for not condemning as antisemitic a chant often heard at campus protests against Israel’s overwhelming military response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

Foxx calls Cardona reply to antisemitism question ‘cowardly evasion’

By Daniela Altimari
Posted February 7, 2024 at 5:00pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer plans to move on to a security supplemental without border provisions.

Border supplemental package stalls in Senate

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted February 7, 2024 at 4:07pm
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated hundreds of millions of dollars to support election administration efforts during the pandemic.

Lawmakers clash over ‘Zuckerbucks’ and how to stop private election funding

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 7, 2024 at 1:24pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a press conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Schumer plans quick move to scaled-back war funding package

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 7, 2024 at 8:37am
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson isn't saying when he expects to bring a farm bill to the committee.

Lawmakers wrangle over rescissions from 2022 law for farm bill

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 7, 2024 at 5:30am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

GOP stand-alone Israel aid bill rejected in the House

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted February 6, 2024 at 9:02pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who introduced a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, speaks during a news conference Tuesday.

House declines to impeach Homeland Security chief

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 6, 2024 at 8:22pm
Chere Rexroat, acting architect of the Capitol, prepares to testify at a Senate Rules and Administration Committee and House Administration Committee joint oversight hearing in July.

Acting AOC, who stepped in after scandal, set to depart that role

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 6, 2024 at 6:14pm
Rep. Brad Sherman of California is one of the few Democrats who supports the Israel aid bill.

Democratic leaders oppose Israel aid bill, imperiling its odds

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted February 6, 2024 at 1:53pm
Ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., conduct the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,” on Jan. 31.

Gulf remains for tech CEOs, Senate on kids’ online safety

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 6, 2024 at 7:00am
Sens. Katie Britt of Alabama and Tom Cotton of Arkansas are among the Senate Republicans who oppose the measure.

Senate supplemental receives frosty reception from some members

By Mark Satter
Posted February 5, 2024 at 6:29pm
President Joe Biden, right, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., shake hands after the National Prayer Breakfast in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Thursday.

Supermajority bar for spending bills a real, and risky, prospect

By Paul M. Krawzak and Peter Cohn
Posted February 5, 2024 at 2:55pm
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., changed her mind about retiring from Congress and filed to run for reelection.

In reversal, Spartz decides to run for reelection after all

By Daniela Altimari
Posted February 5, 2024 at 11:07am
The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn on Tuesday.

Supreme Court enters election season with politically potent cases

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 5, 2024 at 5:00am
Senate Appropriations Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., released the national security supplemental on Sunday.

Senate unveils national security bill, border policy deal

By Mark Satter
Posted February 4, 2024 at 9:21pm
Demonstrators attend the March on Washington for Gaza at Freedom Plaza to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war on Jan. 13.

New Israel supplemental readied in House, without offsets

By Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn
Posted February 3, 2024 at 2:16pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is forcing action on an attempt to censure Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Public shaming attempts continue in House as Greene takes aim at Omar

By Justin Papp
Posted February 1, 2024 at 6:18pm
Texas Sen. John Cornyn warned Democrats not to "jam" the supplemental bill through the Senate.

Supplemental vote expected next week, but path to passage fraught

By John M. Donnelly and Briana Reilly
Posted February 1, 2024 at 6:15pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is seen in the Capitol during senate votes last month.

Menendez, in push to toss charges, points to lawmaker protections

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 1, 2024 at 6:05pm
"Last time I checked, there's two chambers," Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said.

Senate Republicans pump brakes on tax deal after big House win

By Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted February 1, 2024 at 4:30pm
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol after the last votes of the week on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.

‘SALT’ bill on shaky ground after getting over Rules hump

By K. Sophie Will and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 1, 2024 at 1:36pm
People arrive at Dulles International Airport on Aug. 27, 2021, after leaving Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban. A new report details how congressional offices handled constituent services during the crisis.

Afghanistan withdrawal caused ‘doom loop’ for caseworkers, report says

By Justin Papp
Posted February 1, 2024 at 12:28pm
Hart Senate Office Building Room 216 sits empty before a hearing in 2020.

Capitol Police close probe into staffer sex video without charges

By Chris Marquette
Posted February 1, 2024 at 10:54am
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speaks during a news conference. Baldwin and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced a bill to reauthorize the cervical cancer detection program for fiscal years 2024 to 2028.

Vaccine skepticism, equity issues hinder cervical cancer fight

By Ariel Cohen
Posted February 1, 2024 at 7:00am
Passage marks a victory for Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., who is seen waiting to do a television interview in the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday.

Tax bill overcomes objections from left and right, passes House

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 31, 2024 at 8:37pm, Updated at 9:43pm
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden and ranking member Mike Crapo have expressed support for the “site-neutral” policy, but Wyden says he is still working to understand the impact on rural hospitals.

‘Site-neutral’ hospital policy muddles health package progress

By Lauren Clason and Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 31, 2024 at 5:19pm
Missouri Sen. Jean Carnahan, center, delivers on her lost Super Bowl bet by scooping Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, a St. Louis institution, to Massachusetts Sens. Ted Kennedy, left, and John Kerry after the New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams, 20-17, in Super Bowl XXXVI on Feb. 3, 2002.

Capitol Lens: Sen. Jean Carnahan, 1933-2024

By Jason Dick
Posted January 31, 2024 at 3:22pm, Updated at 3:56pm
Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, arrives on the Senate subway for a vote on Wednesday.

House GOP clears path for tax package with ‘SALT’ on the side

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 31, 2024 at 3:46pm
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, arrives to testify Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis."

Senators rebuke tech execs over child exploitation on social media

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 31, 2024 at 3:39pm
Officers block people from entering the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. An effort to honor police for their actions that day has stalled.

‘People just don’t want to remember’: Congress blows past deadline for Jan. 6 plaque

By Megan Mineiro and Justin Papp
Posted January 31, 2024 at 1:43pm